ON SOME ASPECTS OF THE ENVISAGED TAX ON FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
As is well known, as a result of the financial crisis ЕU’s two major member states – France and Germany exerted pressure on the European Commission to introduce the so called tax on financial transactions. Consequently, on 28th September 2011 the European Commission presented a proposal for a Council Directive for a common system of financial transaction tax and amending Directive 2008/7/EC.